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SANDBOX
07:18
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Come quick and hide the coast is clear
Polka-dot ribbon in your hair
Tripped on a loose lace, of course
Scraped my knee on a stone horse
We both fell to the ground
Laughin’ at ourselves noone’s around
Swings arcing up to the sky
At the highest point we let go fly
We let go fly
We let go fly
In the sandbox at the day’s end
Kickin’ up dust and holdin’ hands
Playin’ with my ladyfriend
Feel just like a little boy again
We broke in and up spiral stairs we climb
Makin’ love on a rooftop in my mind
Your skin is my trembling hand
I brush away bits of dirt and sand
I am too scared to seal the deal
We both fell to the ground
Laughin’ at ourselves noone’s around
Faces so close everything was a blur
Everything was a blur
Everything was a blur
In the sandbox at the day’s end
Kickin’ up dust and holdin’ hands
Playin’ with my ladyfriend
Feel just like a little boy again
In the sandbox
at the day’s end
Kickin’ up dust
and holdin’ hands
Playin’ with
my ladyfriend
Feel just like
a little boy again
a little boy again
a little boy again
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2. |
STOP
06:03
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STOP
by
OYASABA
If you wanna miss your red dawn
That’s one thing
You won’t even try
It’ll never stop
Wanna put up a fight
That’s one thing
If you don’t
It’ll never stop
Never felt so helpless
It’s up to you
However things play out
Nothing I can do
Never felt so helpless
Never felt so helpless x 4
If you wanna live in shadows, that’s one thing
If you don’t, then it has to stop
If you don’t wanna be here, that’s one thing
If you do, then it has to stop
Then it has to stop
Then it has to stop
If you wanna be a phantom, that’s one thing
If you don’t, then it has to stop
If you don’t wanna be here, that’s one thing
If you do, then it has to stop
Then it has to stop x 4
It’ll never stop
It’s up to you
However things play out
Nothing I can do
Never felt so helpless
If you wanna miss your red dawn
That’s one thing
You won’t even try
It’ll never stop
Written by Rhasaan Oyasaba Manning.
All rights reserved.
Copyright 2022.
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3. |
NAKED
10:04
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NAKED (& Laughing)
by
OYASABA
Sounds of
wet traffic
Stay out of my own way
In the rain
The sky is falling
But we’re okay
Dodging raindrops
Every day
That’s what love feels like
Naked and laughing
That’s how
We wake up
Green light
Red light
Sounds of
wet traffic
You know you got just what I need
You know you got just what a man is beggin’ for
Sounds so simple when you’re knockin’ at that door
But it’s locked and you can’t come in
Stay away, and don’t bring none of your friends
Stay away
Now it comes to the littlest fault
Stay away
You know you got what I need
Got what I want
Just what I need
Gimme one more time
Baby, say please
Say please
Stay out of my own way
In the rain
The sky is falling
But we’re okay
Dodging raindrops
Every day
That’s what love feels like
You know you got what I need
You know you got just what a man is beggin’ for
If I turn my back on you, it doesn’t mean that I’m weak
It just means I like the way that you hold me, hold me, hold me
If you turn your back on me, I’ll grab you tight
And you can decide for yourself, whatcha gonna hafta do,
Not until we wake up tomorrow, I think it’s gonna rain, and we’re gonna be
Naked and laughing
In the rain, in the rain, in the rain
That’s how we wake up
Every day, every day, every day
Naked and laughing
That’s how we wake up
Every day, every day, every day
You know you got just what a man is beggin’ for
Got what I want
Just what I need
Gimme one more time
Baby, say please
Say please
What, where ya goin’ now, I wanna buy you a pizza
and a soda
go to a movie,
We can get dvd’s on the Netflix, I got an idea
I was talkin’ about Ghostbusters earlier
You know you got just what a man is beggin’ for
Say please
In the rain, in the rain, in the rain….
Green light
Red light
Sounds of
wet traffic
You know you got just what I need
And I can tell you this
Written by Rhasaan Oyasaba Manning.
All rights reserved.
Copyright 2022.
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4. |
LEOPARD PANTS
07:58
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LEOPARD PANTS
by
OYASABA
You ask me how
Can I love
A girl with blue eyes
And I say how
Can I love at all
Still you seem so surprised
Bang my head against the wall
I did not choose to fall
To fall, to fall, to fall
I did not choose to fall
To fall, to fall, to fall, to fall
I did not choose to fall
To fall, to fall, to fall, to fall
We’re all in danger
When our hearts leap
For a stranger
But then we
Hold them close
To find out
Who they are
Have we gone too far?
Have we gone too far?
To fall, to fall
Have we gone too far?
I did not choose to fall
To fall, to fall, to fall
Have we gone too far?
She’s such a tough girl
In her leopard pants
Knew at first glance
We’d make love like panthers
Sometimes childish eyes
Don’t take no shit
But that’s just it
Why even try?
Why even try?
You ask me how
You ask me how
Bang my head against the wall
Bang my head against the wall
You ask me how
Written by Rhasaan Oyasaba Manning.
All rights reserved.
Copyright 2022.
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5. |
So Blind
09:47
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Voices
voices, voices
in my head, in my head
I know you're all alone, babe
Petticoats & daffodils
french toast & oil spills
I realize now
that sometimes
love kills
love kills
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6. |
REACH
10:07
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REACH
by
OYASABA
She reaches for my hand
She reaches for my hand
She reaches for my hand
And grabs a hold of my heart
(whatever)
(whistle with birds)
Shoop-doom-bap
Hodem-bop
Reachin' for
Reachin' for my hand
Boom-tune-bop
Get on up and dance
When did dancin' die?
For my hand
For my hand
For my hand
For my hand
For my hand
For my hand
She reaches
For my hand
For my hand
Reach, reach, reach, reach, reach, reach
Boom-tune-bah
Reach, reach, reach, reach
Oysters & Absynthe
OYASABA
Whaaaat...?
Y'all ready for this?
Reach, reach, reach, reach, reach, reach
Reach, reach, reach, reach, reach, reach
She’s so beautiful
it’s a crazy scene
a crazy scene
it’s a crazy scene
a crazy scene
Boom-tune-bop
Boom-tune-bop
You're so beautiful
it’s a crazy scene
I'm so beautiful
it’s a crazy scene
Somehow we’re the lucky ones
Somehow we’re the lucky ones
Crazy scene
Somehow we’re the lucky ones
Somehow we’re the lucky ones
Somehow we’re the lucky ones
She reaches for my hand
And grabs a hold of my heart
Her fingers spread apart
Like the wings of my heart
She’s so beautiful it’s such a crazy scene
She’s so beautiful it’s such a crazy scene
She takes hold of my hand
Makes me feel like a human man
I match her grip with mine
Arms pendulum swing in time
I’m feelin’ so sublime
I wanna run in a field of flowers
Makin’ love for hours and hours
Makin’ love for hours and hours
Hours and hours
Ours and ours
It’s such a
Crazy scene
Somehow we’re the lucky ones
It’s such a crazy scene
Crazy scene
She reaches for my hand
Crazy scene
And grabs a hold
Boom-bip boom-bip boom-bip boom-bip
You're so beautiful
I'm so beautiful
We're so beautiful
You're so beautiful
Boom-bip boom-bip
It's such a
The lucky ones
Crazy scene
She reaches for my hand
And grabs a hold of my heart
Her fingers spread apart
Like the wings of my heart
Grabs a hold
Match her grip with mine
Pendulum
Makin’ love
Hours and hours
Ours and ours
Makin’ love
Hours and hours
Ours and ours
Makin’ love
She reaches for my hand
O-YA-SA-BA
Written by Rhasaan Oyasaba Manning.
All rights reserved.
Copyright 2022.
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7. |
SANDBOX OUTRO
03:29
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SANDBOX OUTRO
by
OYASABA
When I'm tired
I eat
When I'm thirsty
I sleep
When I'm hungry
I drink
(That's it?)
Written by Rhasaan Oyasaba Manning.
All rights reserved.
Copyright 2022.
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OYASABA Brooklyn, New York
Rhasaan Oyasaba Manning is an interdisciplinary artist: musician, photographer, writer, actor, designer, filmmaker, His
work focuses on duality, inversion, nihilism, self-destruction, and the struggle for freedom.
CVQ 2020 Tunes is his first OYASABA release on Bandcamp. KOSCIUSKO aka THE RITUAL to be released for Labor Day!!!
Also, the rest of the discography soon!!!
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